Insufficient evidence to assess the effectiveness of biofeedback for sleep...
Sleep bruxism (SB) is a sleep related disorder characterized by tooth grinding or jaw clenching during sleep, which is usually associated with sleep arousal. A wide range of treatments has been...
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The review of sleep bruxism was only able to identify 12 small low quality RCTs covering a range of treatments. Most evidence was available for oral appliances but there is no sufficient evidence to...
View ArticlePerinatal mental health difficulties: does the internet have the answer?
Jane Iles summarises a recent systematic review of digital interventions for perinatal mental health, which highlights a mixed bag of heterogeneous studies in this field. The post Perinatal mental...
View ArticleDistraction techniques for managing dental anxiety in children and adolescents
This review assessing whether distraction techniques reduce children's/adolescent's anxiety and fear during dental treatment included 20 RCTs providing very low certainty evidence that these techniques...
View ArticleThe 4M model for promoting student mental health: mindfulness, movement,...
In her debut blog, Snigdha Dutta explores the 4M model for promoting university student mental health, explored by a recent systematic review which suggests that a combination of mindfulness, movement,...
View ArticleAdult dental anxiety – management strategies
This review of current management strategies for adult patients with dental anxiety in the dental clinic included 54 studies. Most of the psychotherapeutic behavioural strategies provided some benefits...
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